Portsmouth Harbour train station
Portsmouth Harbour is a major interchange: 107 stations can be reached from here without changing on a weekday, more than almost anywhere else on the network. The most frequent is Fratton, with 220 trains a day.
See Portsmouth Harbour on the map
Portsmouth Harbour is the nearest station for postcodes in PO12. Check your own postcode.
- 107 direct destinations
- 277th busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free in part
- 14 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Portsmouth Harbour
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fratton | 220 | 215 | 197 |
| Portsmouth and Southsea | 220 | 215 | 197 |
| Havant | 146 | 145 | 134 |
| Hilsea | 140 | 117 | 36 |
| London Waterloo | 108 | 104 | 23 |
| Woking | 106 | 104 | 23 |
| Guildford | 76 | 74 | 0 |
| Haslemere | 76 | 74 | 67 |
| Petersfield | 76 | 74 | 67 |
| Godalming | 75 | 73 | 0 |
| Fareham | 74 | 70 | 63 |
| Barnham | 69 | 70 | 67 |
| Chichester | 69 | 70 | 67 |
| Emsworth | 67 | 69 | 67 |
| Southbourne | 66 | 69 | 67 |
| Cosham | 62 | 64 | 56 |
| Horsham | 58 | 62 | 14 |
| Eastleigh | 41 | 38 | 34 |
| Portchester | 41 | 36 | 36 |
| Botley | 40 | 36 | 34 |
| Bosham | 40 | 35 | 34 |
| Clapham Junction | 40 | 45 | 38 |
| Fishbourne | 40 | 35 | 31 |
| Hedge End | 40 | 36 | 34 |
| Bedhampton | 39 | 18 | 65 |
| Farncombe | 39 | 43 | 0 |
| Nutbourne | 39 | 35 | 33 |
| Warblington | 38 | 35 | 31 |
| Liphook | 37 | 11 | 35 |
| Liss | 37 | 11 | 35 |
| Winchester | 36 | 34 | 23 |
| Basingstoke | 35 | 33 | 23 |
| Rowlands Castle | 35 | 11 | 35 |
| Farnborough (Main) | 34 | 33 | 16 |
| Micheldever | 34 | 33 | 23 |
| Southampton Central | 34 | 34 | 28 |
| Bradford-on-Avon | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| Bristol Temple Meads | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| Bath Spa | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| Fleet | 33 | 33 | 0 |
and 67 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving Portsmouth Harbour
Portsmouth Harbour is on the West Coastway Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Portsmouth Harbour station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Portsmouth Harbour station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.
How busy Portsmouth Harbour station is
2,091,304 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 277th busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 44,300 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Portsmouth Harbour and Havant than any other pair: 198,978 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Sundays
Sunday is a different railway here: 71 stations instead of 107, a drop of about 34%. Saturday runs to 77.
Nearest other stations
- Portsmouth and Southsea 0.8 miles
- Fratton 1.6 miles
- Hilsea 3.1 miles
- Cosham 3.6 miles
- Portchester 3.7 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Portsmouth Harbour, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Gosport · 0.9 miles
- Gosport Road and Alverstoke · 1.4 miles
- East Southsea · 1.7 miles
- Jessie Road Bridge Halt · 1.8 miles
- Albert Road Bridge Halt · 1.8 miles
- Fort Brockhurst · 2.2 miles
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Facilities at Portsmouth Harbour station
Portsmouth Harbour is staffed full time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 05:50 to 19:00 · Saturday: 06:30 to 19:00 · Sunday: 08:00 to 19:00
Toilets · WiFi
Cycle parking: 38 spaces (racks).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 24 August 2026.
Getting to Portsmouth Harbour station
Portsmouth Harbour station is in Portsmouth, South East, and is run by South Western Railway.
The nearest motorway junction is M275 J2 (Rudmore), 1.3 miles north-east.
14 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being The Hard Interchange.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Portsmouth Harbour station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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